contamination

As deaths continue to climb in the ongoing outbreak of fungal meningitis infections caused by contaminated pain shots, a new survey of hospital pharmacists shows that they believe it could h... Read more

Alabama Department of Agriculture officials say they are monitoring the recall of cantaloupe from a company in California due to possible salmonella contamination. DFI Marketing Inc. recalle... Read more

Biotech drug maker Genzyme Corp. has agreed to pay a $175 million penalty to federal regulators in connection with long-standing manufacturing problems that have already cost the company mil... Read more

There is a growing concern over beef containing harmful pesticides, antibiotics and heavy metals being sold to the public. This disturbing information comes from a federal audit which says t... Read more

At press time, the Food and Drug Administration was still in the process of conducting a very active and dynamic investigation into the source of the most recent Salmonella Typhimurium outbr... Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide what share railroads and an oil company should bear of the cleanup of a contaminated industrial site in Arvin, California, near Bakersfield, that... Read more

There are major health and safety issues involving Chinese milk tainted with melamine, a chemical used in making furniture and other goods, and it appears little is being done to solve the p... Read more

At the conclusion of one of the longest jury trials ever held in Kansas, a jury in January left residents in a southeast city stunned. The panel had decided that the city of Neodesha was not... Read more

Federal authorities assured consumers last month that a meat plant linked to nearly 50 illnesses caused by tainted ground beef had made enough changes after a recall to ensure that its produ... Read more